[Editors] grad school fair booth poster

[Lisa Damtoft]

Hi Melanie,

We've done big 4x8 vertical banners to hang in lobbies, but they were
mainly meant to catch someone's attention for the nano-second they see
it as they are passing by, and get across the essential info only — in
other words, there wasn't a lot of detail.
You didn't specify, but I'm assuming this is a horizontal banner since
it's at a booth, and that you are expecting people to linger and look at
more details on the poster. I'm no expert, but I would still suggest
keeping it relatively simple and bold, to ask yourself, "what are the
two or three things we want people to take away from this poster?" and
then, graphically, concentrate on those.

I'd also suggest checking with the Publishing Services Bureau, if you
haven't already.

Good luck!

Lisa

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>>> On 9/24/2010 at 1:19 PM, "Melanie Miller" <melmils at mit.edu> wrote:

Hello fellow editors,
This is more of a graphics question, but I consider you experts in all
things (I hope the sucking-up helps).

We will have a booth at a graduate studies fair in November, and I’m
putting together the big 4x8 poster that will be behind the table at our
booth. Would anyone have tips on the format for something like this or,
even better, a template or example?

We have an idea of what content we want (“MIT Graduate Studies in
Chemical Engineering” splashy title, names of our different programs and
fun photos of research and students) but as for the look/layout for that
content on such a big poster, I’m not sure what’s best to grab the
attention of passers-by.

I welcome any thoughts/comments – thank you!
Melanie
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